Focussing mainly on the nineteenth- and twentieth-century imagery of saints in Wales, the talk will look at ways in which artists and designers, mainly working in stained glass, attempted to provide the early saints of Wales and Ireland with an authentically Celtic appearance. These images sometimes included specific references to early medieval metalwork and other kinds of historical artefacts.
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Martin Crampin is an artist, photographer and designer based at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth. He has been researching ecclesiastical art, the visual culture of Medievalism and the Celtic Revival in Wales for around twenty years, and has contributed to a series of research projects including ‘The Visual Culture of Wales’, ‘Imaging the Bible in Wales’, ‘The Cult of Saints in Wales’ and ‘Ports, Past and Present’. Publications include Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (2014), Depicting St David (2020) and Welsh Saints from Welsh Churches (2023).
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